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Lexicon :: Strong's H4733 - miqlāṭ

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מִקְלָט
Transliteration
miqlāṭ
Pronunciation
mik-lawt'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From קָלַט (H7038) in the sense of taking in
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TWOT Reference: 2026a

Strong’s Definitions

מִקְלָט miqlâṭ, mik-lawt'; from H7038 in the sense of taking in; an asylum (as a receptacle):—refuge.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H4733 in the following manner: refuge (20x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H4733 in the following manner: refuge (20x).

  1. refuge, asylum

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִקְלָט miqlâṭ, mik-lawt'; from H7038 in the sense of taking in; an asylum (as a receptacle):—refuge.
STRONGS H4733: Abbreviations
† מִקְלָט noun [masculine] refuge, asylum (P Chronicles); — עָרֵי מ׳ asylum-cities Numbers 35:11, 13, 14, עָרֵי הַמּ׳ Numbers 35:6; Joshua 20:2, so 1 Chronicles 6:42 [1 Chronicles 6:57]; 1 Chronicles 6:52 [1 Chronicles 6:67] (but read עִיר הַמּ׳ according to || Joshua 21:13, 21, so Be Kau Kit), לְמ׳ (after הָיָה) Numbers 35:12, 15; Joshua 20:3; construct in phrase עִיר מִקְלַט הָרֹצֵחַ Joshua 21:13, 21, 27, 32, 38 (Gi; v36 van d. H. Baer); suffix of refugee, עִיר מִקְלָטוֺ Numbers 35:25, 26, 27, 28, 32.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

35:6; 35:11; 35:12; 35:13; 35:14; 35:15; 35:25; 35:26; 35:27; 35:28; 35:32

Joshua

20:2; 20:3; 21:13; 21:13; 21:21; 21:21; 21:27; 21:32; 21:38

1 Chronicles

6:57; 6:67

H4733

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4733 matches the Hebrew מִקְלָט (miqlāṭ),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:6 - “[Among] the cities which you give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall provide for the one who commits manslaughter to flee to; and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities [to the Levites].

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:11 - then you shall select for yourselves cities to be cities of refuge, so that the one who kills any person unintentionally may escape there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:12 - ‘The cities shall be to you as a refuge from the avenger, so that the one who has caused the death of another will not be killed until he has had a [fair] trial before the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:13 - ‘The cities which you are to provide shall be your six cities of refuge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:14 - ‘You shall provide three cities on this [east] side of the Jordan [River], and three [more] cities in the land of Canaan; they are to be the cities of refuge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:15 - ‘These six cities shall be a refuge for the Israelites and for the stranger and the resident alien among them; so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may escape there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:25 - ‘The congregation shall rescue the offender from the hand of the blood avenger and return him to his city of refuge, [the place] to which he had escaped; and he shall live there until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the sacred oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:26 - ‘But if at any time the one guilty of manslaughter comes outside the border of his city of refuge to which he fled,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27 - and the blood avenger finds him outside the border of his city of refuge and kills the offender, the blood avenger will not be guilty of murder,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:28 - because the offender should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the high priest’s death the offender shall return to the land of his possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:32 - ‘You shall not accept a ransom for him who has escaped to his city of refuge, so that he may return to live in his [own] land before the death of the high priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:2 - “Speak to the Israelites, saying, ‘Designate the cities of refuge (asylum), of which I spoke to you through Moses,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:3 - so that the person (manslayer) who kills any person unintentionally, [fn]without premeditation, may flee there, and they shall be your refuge from the [fn]blood avenger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:13 -

So to the sons of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for anyone who committed manslaughter, with its pasture lands, and Libnah with its pasture lands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:21 - They gave them Shechem, the city of refuge for anyone who committed manslaughter, with its pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer with its pasture lands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27 -

To the sons of Gershon, one of the families of the Levites, they gave from the other half-tribe of Manasseh, [the city of] Golan in Bashan, the city of refuge for anyone who committed manslaughter, with its pasture lands, and Be-eshterah with its pasture lands; two cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:32 - From the tribe of Naphtali, they gave Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for anyone who committed manslaughter, with its pasture lands and Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands and Kartan with its pasture lands; three cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:38 - From the tribe of Gad, they gave Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for anyone who committed manslaughter, with its pasture lands and Mahanaim with its pasture lands,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:57

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:57 - To the sons of Aaron they gave the following cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasture lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:67

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:67 - They gave to the Levites the following cities of refuge: Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands, Gezer with its pasture lands;
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